SF's AI safety crowd sounds condescending — and it's fueling public resentment
signulll · x · 2026-09-20
The author argues many SF AI researchers and safety people speak to outsiders as if they're uninformed, irrational, or morally behind — a condescension that fuels public resentment. Ironic punchline: those obsessed with alignment are remarkably bad at aligning with other humans.
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